Now that I'm meeting some of y'all IRL, I realize I should clarify for the curious:

As my intro toot says, I live on a commune. It's on the east coast of the USA. I've lived there since 2015. I love it.

And I needed a break from it. So I'm taking 2019 off, staying with friends/fam in the PNW. I'll head east again at the end of this year. I miss my fellow communards, and especially my sweetie, but I'm also really enjoying being back in my home region. 🌲💚🌲

Often the only woman in her US street art male dominated world, Nina Wright, aka Girl Mobb, created workshops called Graffiti Camp for Girls to specifically encourage the talents of young women in the genre #womensarthttps://t.co/snH7Nmyprq

I just gave $5 to the Inslee campaign, because he promises to spend the primary debates yelling about climate change. He needs 5,000 more people to donate any amount - $1 is enough! - to get there.

All of the candidates need to be yelling about climate change but somehow they mostly aren't. If Inslee's policy proposals get enough positive exposure that the B-boys start plagiarizing, that's a good outcome.

So I have been thinking about the point made by women around me that men should learn how to open up to each others so not to exclusively rely on female peers to do emotional labor.

Therefore here's my question to all my male identifying readers: What do you need to open up to male identifying peers? What's hindering you atm? What kind of signals would assure you that the other person is willing to listen and support you?

Ria really want trans washi tape but I couldn't find a shop selling it. So I'm trying to figure out how to draw up a vector image that I could send to a supplier to have a shipment of rolls made. Been meaning to learn how to use Illustrator anyways.

your body, and its permeable boundary with your environment, and the information/rewards/experiences it offers you irrepressibly with no conscious prompting, are a gift. sometimes that goes wrong- you experience pain you cannot stop, or you do something you regret. but it's also behind everything that feels good and right, and you have to listen to it or your stubborn disembodiment will make you miserable